National Register Record for PETER CONSER HOUSE

Historic Name: PETER CONSER HOUSE
Current Name: SAME
Address: 3.5 MILES W OF HODGENS
City: HODGEN VICINITY            County: LEFLORE
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE PETER CONSER HOUSE IS MAINTAINED AS A MEMORIAL TO PETER CONSER, CHIEF LIGHTHORSEMAN OF THE MOSHOLATUBBEE DISTRICT OF THE CHOCTAW NATION, AS WELL AS TO OTHER TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. IT IS A TWO-STORY VERNACULAR FARMHOUSE BUILT IN AN L-SHAPE IN 1894. CONSER LIVED IN THE HOUSE FROM 1894 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1934. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 6/21/1971.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: RECREATION/CULTURE: MUSEUM
Area of Significance 1: ARCHEOLOGY: HISTORIC - ABORIGINAL
Area of Significance 2: MILITARY/SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN
Architectural Style: OTHER: GABLED ELL TYPE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1894            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: COSTNER, ELBERT L "PETER COSNER AND THE LIGHTHORSE OF THE INDIAN NATIONS" AN UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT; INTERVIEW WITH FRAKER, ELMER L AND SHAERERE J D
Date Prepared: FEB 1971